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Pavel Wonka, the Glossary

Pavel Wonka (January 21, 1953 in Vrchlabí – April 24, 1988 in Hradec Králové) was a Czechoslovak liberal political activist, dissident, human rights activist, anti-communist, and the last political prisoner to die in a communist prison in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.^[1]

13 relations: Anti-communism, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, Czechoslovakia, Dissident, Hradec Králové, Human rights, Liberalism, Medal of Merit (Czech Republic), Parliamentary system, Political prisoner, Revolutions of 1989, Sudeten Germans, Vrchlabí.
Czechoslovak dissidents
Czechoslovak people who died in prison custody
People from Vrchlabí

Anti-communism

Anti-communism is political and ideological opposition to communist beliefs, groups, and individuals.

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The Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, known from 1948 to 1960 as the Czechoslovak Republic, Fourth Czechoslovak Republic, or simply Czechoslovakia, was the Czechoslovak state from 1948 until 1989, when the country was under communist rule, and was regarded as a satellite state in the Soviet sphere of interest.

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Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia (Czech and Československo, Česko-Slovensko) was a landlocked state in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary.

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Dissident

A dissident is a person who actively challenges an established political or religious system, doctrine, belief, policy, or institution.

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Hradec Králové

Hradec Králové (Königgrätz) is a city of the Czech Republic.

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Human rights

Human rights are moral principles or normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, 13 December 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,.

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Liberalism

Liberalism is a political and moral philosophy based on the rights of the individual, liberty, consent of the governed, political equality, right to private property and equality before the law.

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Medal of Merit (Czech Republic)

The Medal of Merit (Medaile Za zásluhy) is an award of the Czech Republic which comes in three grades, the First Grade being the highest.

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Parliamentary system

A parliamentary system, or parliamentary democracy, is a system of democratic government where the head of government (who may also be the head of state) derives their democratic legitimacy from their ability to command the support ("confidence") of the legislature, typically a parliament, to which they are accountable.

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Political prisoner

A political prisoner is someone imprisoned for their political activity.

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Revolutions of 1989

The Revolutions of 1989, also known as the Fall of Communism, were a revolutionary wave of liberal democracy movements that resulted in the collapse of most Marxist–Leninist governments in the Eastern Bloc and other parts of the world.

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Sudeten Germans

German Bohemians (Deutschböhmen und Deutschmährer; čeští Němci a moravští Němci, i.e. German Bohemians and German Moravians), later known as Sudeten Germans (Sudetendeutsche; sudetští Němci), were ethnic Germans living in the Czech lands of the Bohemian Crown, which later became an integral part of Czechoslovakia.

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